PARIS, Jan. 27 – The United States has reported its first outbreak of H5N9 avian influenza in a poultry farm at a duck farm in California, the World Health Organization (WOAH) said on Monday.
U.S. authorities also detected the more common H5N1 strain at the same farm in Merced County, California, they said in a report to Paris-based WOAH, adding that nearly 119,000 birds at the farm had been infected by Dec. 2. He added that he was killed by
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), commonly referred to as avian influenza, has spread across the world in recent years, leading to the culprit of hundreds of millions of poultry.
It has also spread to dozens of mammal species, including dairy cows in the United States. killed someone In Louisiana.
The strain that has caused most damage in recent years is H5N1. H5N9 is rare.
“This is the first confirmed case of HPAI H5N9 in U.S. poultry,” the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in a report to WOAH.
“The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), in collaboration with state animal health and wildlife officials, conducts comprehensive epidemiological investigations and enhanced surveillance in response to HPAI-related events. “I will,” he added.
